XI Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2000. - IPUMS Subset
Brazil, 2001
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Years of education (BR2000A_YREDUC)
Data file: BRA2000_PHC-P-H.dat
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Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
345
End:
346
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="BR00A465 BR00A467 BR00A477"><span class="em">For the person who attends school</span><br />[Applies to questions 4.30 - 4.31]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="BR00A465 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.30 What course do you attend?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 child care<br />[] 2 preschool<br />[] 3 literacy class<br />[] 4 adult literacy class<br />[] 5 basic instruction or 1st level - regular graded<br />[] 6 basic instruction or 1st level - regular non-graded<br />[] 7 supplemental (basic instruction or 1st level)<br />[] 8 midlevel instruction or 2nd level - regular graded<br />[] 9 midlevel instruction or 2nd level - regular non-graded<br />[] 10 supplemental (midlevel instruction or 2nd level)<br />[] 11 college entrance exam preparation course (pre-vestibular)<br />[] 12 superior - undergraduate<br />[] 13 masters or doctorate</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A467" v="BR00A467 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.31 What level do you attend?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 first<br />[] 2 second<br />[] 3 third<br />[] 4 fourth<br />[] 5 fifth<br />[] 6 sixth<br />[] 7 seventh<br />[] 8 eight<br />[] 9 course non-graded<br />(If 10 years old or older, go to 4.36. If not, end interview.)</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="BR00A469 BR00A471 BR00A473 BR00A475 BR00A477"><span class="em">For person who is not attending, but has in the past</span><br />[Applies to questions 4.32 - 4.35]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A469" v="BR00A469 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.32 The highest course attended, in which you completed at least one grade?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 adult literacy course<br />[] 2 former primary<br />[] 3 former junior high (<span class="lang">ginásio</span>)<br />[] 4 former classical, scientific, etc. [senior high school]<br />[] 5 elementary instruction or 1st level<br />[] 6 secondary instruction or 2nd level<br />[] 7 higher - undergraduate<br />[] 8 masters or doctorate<br />[] 9 none</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A471" v="BR00A471 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.33 What was the last grade passed?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 first<br />[] 2 second<br />[] 3 third<br />[] 4 fourth<br />[] 5 fifth<br />[] 6 sixth<br />[] 7 seventh<br />[] 8 eight<br />[] 9 non-graded course<br />[] 10 none</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="BR00A465 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.30 What course do you attend?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 child care<br />[] 2 preschool<br />[] 3 literacy class<br />[] 4 adult literacy class<br />[] 5 basic instruction or 1st level - regular graded<br />[] 6 basic instruction or 1st level - regular non-graded<br />[] 7 supplemental (basic instruction or 1st level)<br />[] 8 midlevel instruction or 2nd level - regular graded<br />[] 9 midlevel instruction or 2nd level - regular non-graded<br />[] 10 supplemental (midlevel instruction or 2nd level)<br />[] 11 college entrance exam preparation course (pre-vestibular)<br />[] 12 superior - undergraduate<br />[] 13 masters or doctorate</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A467" v="BR00A467 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.31 What level do you attend?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 first<br />[] 2 second<br />[] 3 third<br />[] 4 fourth<br />[] 5 fifth<br />[] 6 sixth<br />[] 7 seventh<br />[] 8 eight<br />[] 9 course non-graded<br />(If 10 years old or older, go to 4.36. If not, end interview.)</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="BR00A469 BR00A471 BR00A473 BR00A475 BR00A477"><span class="em">For person who is not attending, but has in the past</span><br />[Applies to questions 4.32 - 4.35]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A469" v="BR00A469 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.32 The highest course attended, in which you completed at least one grade?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 adult literacy course<br />[] 2 former primary<br />[] 3 former junior high (<span class="lang">ginásio</span>)<br />[] 4 former classical, scientific, etc. [senior high school]<br />[] 5 elementary instruction or 1st level<br />[] 6 secondary instruction or 2nd level<br />[] 7 higher - undergraduate<br />[] 8 masters or doctorate<br />[] 9 none</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A471" v="BR00A471 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.33 What was the last grade passed?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 first<br />[] 2 second<br />[] 3 third<br />[] 4 fourth<br />[] 5 fifth<br />[] 6 sixth<br />[] 7 seventh<br />[] 8 eight<br />[] 9 non-graded course<br />[] 10 none</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | No education or less than 1 year |
| 01 | 1 year |
| 02 | 2 years |
| 03 | 3 years |
| 04 | 4 years |
| 05 | 5 years |
| 06 | 6 years |
| 07 | 7 years |
| 08 | 8 years |
| 09 | 9 years |
| 10 | 10 years |
| 11 | 11 years |
| 12 | 12 years |
| 13 | 13 years |
| 14 | 14 years |
| 15 | 15 years |
| 16 | 16 years |
| 17 | 17 years or more |
| 20 | Not able to determine |
| 30 | Adult literacy course |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="BR00A465 BR00A467 BR00A477"><span class="em">For Persons Who Attend School</span><br />[Applies to questions 4.30 - 4.31]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="BR00A465 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.30 - What course are you taking?</span><br /><br />Mark, as the case may be:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Day-care center</span> - organized to give daytime assistance to children in the early years of life, whether such establishments are legally regulated or not;<br /><span class="em">2 - Pre-school</span> - generally addressed to children under the age of seven (7); this type of school is referred to by several different names, depending on the region and level attained by the children: <span class="lang">maternal</span>, kindergarten, <span class="lang">jardim</span>, etc.<br /><span class="em">3 - Literacy class</span> - a course aimed at teaching children to read and write;<br /><span class="em">4 - Adult literacy course</span> - a course which has the purpose of teaching reading and writing to youth and adults.<br /><span class="em">5 - Regular elementary education or first level [grades 1-8] - organized by grades or years</span> - a course in elementary or 1st level education, organized by annual grades;<br /><span class="em">6 - Regular elementary or first level education [grades 1-8]- not organized by grades or years</span> - a course in elementary or 1st level education not organized into annual grades; that is, it is organized by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc.;<br /><span class="em">7 - General education (elementary education or first level [grades 1-8])</span> - a general elementary education or 1st level course, whether organized by grades or years, or not;</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 112]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">8 - Regular senior high school [grades 9-11] or second level school [grades 9-11] - organized by grades or years</span> - courses in senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11], organized into annual grades;<br /><span class="em">9 - Regular senior high [grades 9-11] or second level school [grades 9-11]- not organized by grades or years</span> - a course in senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11] not organized into annual grades; that is, it is organized by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc.;<br /><span class="em">10 - General education (senior high school [grades 9-11] or second level [grades 9-11])</span> - a senior high school or 2nd level general education course [grades 9-11] organized by grades or years, or not;<br /><span class="em">11 - College entrance exam course</span> - a course to prepare students to take entrance examinations for an undergraduate course (<span class="lang">Exame Vestibular</span>);<br /><span class="em">12 - Higher education</span> - Under-Graduate<br /><span class="em">13 - Master's or doctor's degree</span> - a master's or doctorate course, including persons registered in order to prepare theses.</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A467" v="BR00A467 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.31 - What grade do you attend?</span><br /><br />If the course attended is not organized into annual grades, but by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc., it should be converted into regular grades. For example, the 7th period of credits at a university is usually equivalent to the 4th year. Likewise, each phase or division of general education courses usually corresponds to a grade in the regular educational system.<br /><br />If the person attends subjects in different grades (acceleration, multi-graded or make up classes), record the grade in which he or she is registered.<br /><br />For persons who attend Elementary Education [grades 1-8] or Senior High School [grades 9-11], that is, courses currently equivalent to the 1st [grades 1-8] and 2nd [grades 9-11] levels, respectively, and the course is structured into modules, cycles, phases, etc. and there is no way to convert to grades, it should be recorded as a non-graded course.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 113]</span><br /><br />Mark the grade attended, either by grades or years, or a non-graded course:<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 - first<br />2 - second<br />3 - third<br />4 - fourth<br />5 - fifth<br />6 - sixth<br />7 - seventh<br />8 - eighth<br />9 - non-graded course</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="BR00A469 BR00A471 BR00A473 BR00A475 BR00A477">For persons who do not attend school now, but have attended in the past<br />[Applies to questions 4.32 - 4.35]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A469" v="BR00A469 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.32 (Sample) and 4.07 (Basic) - What is the highest course you have attended, in which you concluded at least one grade or year?</span><br /><br />Mark, as the case may be:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Adult literacy course</span> - a course which has the purpose of teaching reading and writing to youth and adults;<br /><span class="em">2 - Primary</span> - for the elementary course [grades 1-4];<br /><span class="em">3 - Former</span><span class="lang">ginásio</span> - for junior high school course [grades 5-8];<br /><span class="em">4 - Former clássico, científico, etc.</span> - for a senior high school course [grades 9-11];<br /><span class="em">5 - Elementary school or 1st level [grades 1-8]</span>;<br /><span class="em">6 - Senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11]</span>;<br /><span class="em">7 - Higher education</span> - undergraduate;<br /><span class="em">8 - Master's or doctorate</span> - A course for master's or doctor's degree. This item will only be marked if the person has received a diploma as a master or doctor, or had a thesis approved, even if the diploma has not yet been issued; and<br /><span class="em">9 - None</span> - for persons who:</div><br /><ul class="b2">
<li>attended but did not conclude the 1st grade of elementary school, first level, or equivalent;</li>
<li>attended or concluded only literacy class,</li>
<li>attended but did not conclude an adult literacy course; or</li>
<li>attended only day-care center</li>
</ul><br /><br />[Comment and examples were not translated into English]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A471" v="BR00A471 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.33 (Sample) and 4.08 (Basic) - What was the last grade concluded and approved?</span><br /><br />Mark the last grade concluded with approval in courses by grades or years. For persons who concluded part or all of an adult literacy course, master's degree or doctor's degree, record Box 9.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 - first<br />2 - second<br />3 - third<br />4 - fourth<br />5 - fifth<br />6 - sixth<br />7 - seventh<br />8 - eighth<br />9 - non-graded course<br />10 - none</div><br /><br />If the course attended is not organized into annual grades, but by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc., it should be converted into the regular grades which the person concluded with approval. The 8th period concluded at a university, for example, is usually equivalent to the 4th fourth year concluded, while the 7th period concluded is equivalent to the 3rd year concluded. Likewise, each phase or division of general education usually corresponds to a grade or year in the regular education system.<br /><br />In cases where the person was attending subjects in different years or grades (acceleration, multi-graded or make-up classes), record the last grade or year concluded with approval where this person was officially registered.<br /><br />Persons who attended Elementary Education or Senior High School [grades 9-11], that is, courses currently equivalent to the 1st [grades 1-8] and 2nd levels [grades 9-11], respectively, and the course was structured by modules, cycles, phases, etc., and where there is no possibility of conversion to grades or years, must be recorded as non-graded courses.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="BR00A465 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.30 - What course are you taking?</span><br /><br />Mark, as the case may be:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Day-care center</span> - organized to give daytime assistance to children in the early years of life, whether such establishments are legally regulated or not;<br /><span class="em">2 - Pre-school</span> - generally addressed to children under the age of seven (7); this type of school is referred to by several different names, depending on the region and level attained by the children: <span class="lang">maternal</span>, kindergarten, <span class="lang">jardim</span>, etc.<br /><span class="em">3 - Literacy class</span> - a course aimed at teaching children to read and write;<br /><span class="em">4 - Adult literacy course</span> - a course which has the purpose of teaching reading and writing to youth and adults.<br /><span class="em">5 - Regular elementary education or first level [grades 1-8] - organized by grades or years</span> - a course in elementary or 1st level education, organized by annual grades;<br /><span class="em">6 - Regular elementary or first level education [grades 1-8]- not organized by grades or years</span> - a course in elementary or 1st level education not organized into annual grades; that is, it is organized by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc.;<br /><span class="em">7 - General education (elementary education or first level [grades 1-8])</span> - a general elementary education or 1st level course, whether organized by grades or years, or not;</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 112]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">8 - Regular senior high school [grades 9-11] or second level school [grades 9-11] - organized by grades or years</span> - courses in senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11], organized into annual grades;<br /><span class="em">9 - Regular senior high [grades 9-11] or second level school [grades 9-11]- not organized by grades or years</span> - a course in senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11] not organized into annual grades; that is, it is organized by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc.;<br /><span class="em">10 - General education (senior high school [grades 9-11] or second level [grades 9-11])</span> - a senior high school or 2nd level general education course [grades 9-11] organized by grades or years, or not;<br /><span class="em">11 - College entrance exam course</span> - a course to prepare students to take entrance examinations for an undergraduate course (<span class="lang">Exame Vestibular</span>);<br /><span class="em">12 - Higher education</span> - Under-Graduate<br /><span class="em">13 - Master's or doctor's degree</span> - a master's or doctorate course, including persons registered in order to prepare theses.</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A467" v="BR00A467 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.31 - What grade do you attend?</span><br /><br />If the course attended is not organized into annual grades, but by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc., it should be converted into regular grades. For example, the 7th period of credits at a university is usually equivalent to the 4th year. Likewise, each phase or division of general education courses usually corresponds to a grade in the regular educational system.<br /><br />If the person attends subjects in different grades (acceleration, multi-graded or make up classes), record the grade in which he or she is registered.<br /><br />For persons who attend Elementary Education [grades 1-8] or Senior High School [grades 9-11], that is, courses currently equivalent to the 1st [grades 1-8] and 2nd [grades 9-11] levels, respectively, and the course is structured into modules, cycles, phases, etc. and there is no way to convert to grades, it should be recorded as a non-graded course.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 113]</span><br /><br />Mark the grade attended, either by grades or years, or a non-graded course:<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 - first<br />2 - second<br />3 - third<br />4 - fourth<br />5 - fifth<br />6 - sixth<br />7 - seventh<br />8 - eighth<br />9 - non-graded course</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="BR00A469 BR00A471 BR00A473 BR00A475 BR00A477">For persons who do not attend school now, but have attended in the past<br />[Applies to questions 4.32 - 4.35]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A469" v="BR00A469 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.32 (Sample) and 4.07 (Basic) - What is the highest course you have attended, in which you concluded at least one grade or year?</span><br /><br />Mark, as the case may be:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Adult literacy course</span> - a course which has the purpose of teaching reading and writing to youth and adults;<br /><span class="em">2 - Primary</span> - for the elementary course [grades 1-4];<br /><span class="em">3 - Former</span><span class="lang">ginásio</span> - for junior high school course [grades 5-8];<br /><span class="em">4 - Former clássico, científico, etc.</span> - for a senior high school course [grades 9-11];<br /><span class="em">5 - Elementary school or 1st level [grades 1-8]</span>;<br /><span class="em">6 - Senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11]</span>;<br /><span class="em">7 - Higher education</span> - undergraduate;<br /><span class="em">8 - Master's or doctorate</span> - A course for master's or doctor's degree. This item will only be marked if the person has received a diploma as a master or doctor, or had a thesis approved, even if the diploma has not yet been issued; and<br /><span class="em">9 - None</span> - for persons who:</div><br /><ul class="b2">
<li>attended but did not conclude the 1st grade of elementary school, first level, or equivalent;</li>
<li>attended or concluded only literacy class,</li>
<li>attended but did not conclude an adult literacy course; or</li>
<li>attended only day-care center</li>
</ul><br /><br />[Comment and examples were not translated into English]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="BR00A471" v="BR00A471 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.33 (Sample) and 4.08 (Basic) - What was the last grade concluded and approved?</span><br /><br />Mark the last grade concluded with approval in courses by grades or years. For persons who concluded part or all of an adult literacy course, master's degree or doctor's degree, record Box 9.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 - first<br />2 - second<br />3 - third<br />4 - fourth<br />5 - fifth<br />6 - sixth<br />7 - seventh<br />8 - eighth<br />9 - non-graded course<br />10 - none</div><br /><br />If the course attended is not organized into annual grades, but by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc., it should be converted into the regular grades which the person concluded with approval. The 8th period concluded at a university, for example, is usually equivalent to the 4th fourth year concluded, while the 7th period concluded is equivalent to the 3rd year concluded. Likewise, each phase or division of general education usually corresponds to a grade or year in the regular education system.<br /><br />In cases where the person was attending subjects in different years or grades (acceleration, multi-graded or make-up classes), record the last grade or year concluded with approval where this person was officially registered.<br /><br />Persons who attended Elementary Education or Senior High School [grades 9-11], that is, courses currently equivalent to the 1st [grades 1-8] and 2nd levels [grades 9-11], respectively, and the course was structured by modules, cycles, phases, etc., and where there is no possibility of conversion to grades or years, must be recorded as non-graded courses.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates total years of education.
Universe
Brazil 2000: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |